LYLES v. STATE OF NY


3 N.Y.3d 396 (2004)

820 N.E.2d 860

787 N.Y.S.2d 216

ARTEMUS LYLES, Appellant, v. STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent. (Claim No. 105774.)

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided November 30, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York City (Arthur N. Eisenberg of counsel), for appellant.

Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General, Albany (Denise A. Hartman, Caitlin J. Halligan, Daniel Smirlock and Peter H. Schiff of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges G.B. SMITH, ROSENBLATT, GRAFFEO, READ and R.S. SMITH concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

CIPARICK, J.:

This claim against the State of New York to recover damages for alleged violations of state and federal constitutional rights arose out of an early morning State Police traffic stop on March 27, 1999. Claimant Artemus Lyles was driving home from Westchester County in a 1986 Cadillac that he had recently purchased at an auction. As he traveled on Interstate 287, two New York...

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